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SHEATH FOR RAZORS No. 289,389. I Patented 1160.- 4.1383.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS CLARKE, OF SHEFFIELD, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

SHEATH FOR I RAZORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,389, dated December4,1863. Application filed September 25, 1883. (No model.) Patented inEngland August 2, 1883, No. 5,781.

. Patent No. 3,781 of 1883, dated'the 2d day of August and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheaths for the protectionofrazor-blades, and is especially useful for razors that are intended tobe carried in the pocket, on account of their compact shape, and theimpossibility of being cut through by pressure. They have also a verynovel appearance, being a fac-simile of a razor-blade.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents the razor blade and tang. Fig. 2 is thesheath; and Fig. 3 is the razor,ready for use.

In carrying out my invention I make the razor-blade with a shortstraight tang, by preference slightly tapered, and temper and finish theblade in the usual manner, but without attaching to it any handle orscales. I make the sheath approximating to the shape or configuration ofthe razor-blade and tan preferably by casting it in suitable whitedesirable, or the sheath may be formed from sheet metal by stamping.)The core upon which the metallic sheath is cast leaves an shank or tangis insertedin the opening in' metal, (but, other substances may be used,if 5 the small end of the sheath, as shown in Fig. i

3, such combination of sheath and handle being a convenient means forholding the blade while shaving.

a is the blade; I), the tang; c, the sheath. The'same letters indicatesimilar parts in all the figures.

In conclusion, what I claim as of my inven:

tion, and desire to is A combined razor-sheath and razor-handle,corresponding in outline with the razor-blade and its tang, to which itis applied, and reprotcct by Letters Patent,

cessed for the reception of the razor-blade and its tang longitudinally,substantially as herein specified, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed heretomy signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS CLARKE.

W'itnesses:

R0121. F. DRURY, ROBERT DRURY.

